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Some preliminary observations on the homing of the West Indian chiton Acanthopleura granulate
| Title: | Some preliminary observations on the homing of the West Indian chiton Acanthopleura granulate. |
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| Name(s): |
Mook, David H. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 1985 | |
| Publisher: | California Malacozoological Society. | |
| Place of Publication: | Berkeley, CA | |
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| Extent: | 2 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007124 (IID) | |
| Note(s): |
The West Indian chiton Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin,1791) exhibits a marked homing behavior, especially onlower energy shorelines. Individuals generally remain stationaryat their homes during the daylight hours and foragefor their surficial and endolithic algal food during thenight, returning to their homes by morning (Mook, 1983).The purpose of this preliminary study is to investigatesome of the possible mechanisms that may be involved inthe homing behavior of A. granulata. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 450 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Mook, D. (1985). Some preliminary observations on the homing of the West Indian chiton Acanthopleura granulate. The Veliger, 28(1), 115-118. |
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| Subject(s): |
Chitons Acanthopleura granulata West Indian fuzzy chiton Animal homing |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007124 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
